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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:22 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I run Memtest86 on my old box and it completed 1pass without any errors. |
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> Memtest86 reports 16G memory |
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> When I boot Gentoo it shows only 3282Mb |
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> free -m |
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> total used free shared buff/cache |
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> available |
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> Mem: 3282 125 2475 7 680 |
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> 3033 |
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> Is it a motherboard? How to test it? |
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Are you perhaps booting a 32-bit kernel? A 32 bit kernel is not going to |
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see all 16GB of RAM, only what fits in its 32-bit address space. You need a |
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64-bit kernel (or a 32-bit kernel with Physical Address Extensions enabled) |
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to be able to see all the RAM. |
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Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <manuel@××××××.org> <http://www.mclure.org> |
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...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, |
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no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft |
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